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A Central Packing-Precooling System for Celery

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  • Grizzell, William G.
  • Henry, Frederick E.

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Excerpts from the report: Most growers in Florida use "mule trains" to harvest and pack celery in the field. This harvesting and packing system requires many workers. A prototype handling system based on a central packing and precooling plant was designed and evaluated. A system engineering study was made of the central packing and precooling plant, and tests of system components were completed. Components of the study included: (1) Mechanical cutting and harvesting in the field; (2) hauling celery in bulk from the field to the packinghouse and dumping into a large water tank at the packinghouse; (3) mechanical weigh-sizing celery stalks; (4) manual place-packing celery stalks into crates; (5) mechanical inplant handling with fork trucks; and (6) unit-load precooling.

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  • Grizzell, William G. & Henry, Frederick E., 1971. "A Central Packing-Precooling System for Celery," Marketing Research Reports 313253, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uamsmr:313253
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313253
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